Presumably the remaining information development person at IBM is busy doing actual documentation, rather than responding to requests. Sad.
On Sun, Apr 30, 2023 at 7:12 AM Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > One feature that I would like to see on such a dashboard is the ability to > upload sample source code or text along with a flag as to whether IBM > should treat it as public or private. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf > of Farley, Peter [0000031df298a9da-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] > Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2023 12:02 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: RCF feedback [was: RE: Re: IBM RCF Documentation email address?] > > Peter, > > I will share here something that I also suggested to the respondent to my > earlier mhvcfs documentation suggestion with regard to the available zEDC > examples for non-C-language HLL's: > > In the longer term, a "dashboard" of received documentation > suggestions/corrections with a simple status field description > (accepted/rejected/planned/in progress/done) would be very much more > customer friendly. Perhaps you could piggyback on the IBM "ideas" portal > structure for implementation of such a "dashboard". > > Please request all of the z/OS development teams (both systems and > applications) to consider this suggestion for an externalized documentation > portal. The "ideas" portal is far from perfect, but it is at least an > accessible portal for the exchange of information between ordinary users > (those NOT privileged to have access to the IBM Support portal) and the > development teams inside of IBM. > > Communication is critical. If we can help make the published > documentation easier/clearer/more helpful for future readers that's a good > use of our time, but we need feedback from IBM as incentive to keep on > doing it. Is anybody listening? Are we having any impact at all? Today > there just isn't any way to know, and there really ought to be one (and > please NOT in (anti-)"social" media). > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Peter Relson > Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2023 8:59 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM RCF Documentation email address? > > According to the IBM Docs team, the "site feedback" is intended ONLY for > communicating problems about the site (i.e., the IBM Docs infrastructure) > not for communicating information to/for the manual owners. > > After a recent change in the IBM Docs infrastructure (it was different > prior to that change), the only mechanism for submitting information to/for > the manual owners through the IBM Docs site itself is by the thumbs up / > thumbs down icon through which (after selecting "up" or "down") you can > leave a limited-length unformatted comment and you should not expect any > feedback or response to such a submission. > > z/OS is looking at what approach it can make available to its customers to > supplement that mechanism. > > Peter Relson > z/OS Core Technology Design > -- > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. > If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
